New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-07-20
| FARM AND HOUSEHOLD,
Some Household Hints.

Some Household Hints.
A lady writer in '"The New York
Witness says she has known several
very severe cases ofsciatic rheumatism
believed by applying as poultice an
FEEgg mixed with two tablespoonful !
Salt and little cornmeal to give
consistency.
( There is q revival OF the fashion OF
sending cards to the friends OF new
unmarried couple announcing the
i birth OF the first baby.
People who lead lives, do nothing
but eat and sleep, express sorrow at
the approach ofunwieldy proportions.
These fat people, and lazy, are good
eaters and drinkers. The only anti
fat remedy, and safe one, is plenty OF
hard work. If a man has not the
work to do, and dislikes much to get
out Of decency's shape, let him do the
next best thing-fast.
In hot weather a piano should not
be placed in damproom or left open
in q draft OF air. It causes the strings
and tuning pins to rust and the cloth
- used in the construction OF the KEYS
OF action to swell Continued damp
ness will also injuriously effect the
varnish and raise the soft fbres of the
sounding GARD, thus forming ridges.
Extreme heat is scarcely less in.
furious. -
DR.. Vulpian states that our salicy-
-llate Of lithia is more efficacious than
Isalicylate OF soda in case OF acute and
progressive subacute articular rheuma-
tism. It also has some effect in chron-
tic cases when a. certain number OF
Joints are still deformed, swollen and
painful. Salicylate of lithia may be
given dissolved in water, in powder,
J Or i'll unleavened bread, during or aft
ger meals, in doses of SO centigrammes.
| The physiological effects of the drug
'are headache, giddiness and deafness.
British Medical Record.
! # Poison IvY.-The remedies for the
| poison OF this vine are many. Salt
water, solution of sugar OF lead,
strong copperas water, strong lime
water, strong oorax water. These
external applications will cure. II in
ternal applications are desired, take
Of the homeopathic tincture Of Rhus
tox, No.. 3, one drop three times q
day, or dissolve three drops in six
tablespoonful of water, and take a
teaspooniul every two hours. Or, APP
ply sweet oil to the burning parts, and
takea tablespoonful three times a
day till a. cure is effected. ....
For diarr.hoea the white ofan egg, beat
en- to a light roth; add afew drops ofv va
nillaor orange water (such as are used
for favoring). This is for one dose.
Should occasion require, repeat the
same after some hours or q nights
interval. 1t has been found extremely
helpful in the writer family Lately a.
lady preparing the prescription for a
restless child, omitted the favoring
and put in a tritie of sugar and two des-
sert-spoonfuls Of warm milk. 1t act
ed like charm, and but one dose was
Sneeded.
All the sleeping rooms should be on
the second or third floor, but low,
close attics, with poor ventilation,
are exceedingly bad for the health OF
the sleepers. The night air is not un-
healthful. It is the chilling influence
OF it near the ground, when loaded
with condensed moisture, upon the
skin whose pores are opened by the
heat, and the suddenly checked per-
SEPARATION which is thus thrown back
into the blood, which produces i'll re-
suits, often called malaria, and which
is a frequent cause of the prevalent
9chllls and fever of the rural districts.
The night air is generally puler than
that Of the day time, and no one mead
be afraid OF admitting it freely into the
sleeping rooms.
The househeeper's best friend is sys-
tenn, and without 1t one can accom-
plish but little Of the daily routine
that goes into home life. 1t is system
that keeps the house and the children
neat, sews on the buttons and mends
the rips. 1t is better than three SER
wants, for it oils the wheels OF the
kitchen, making every thing go like
clockwork. 1t serves the meals
promptly on time. It gives the mis-
tress time for reading and company
and keeps the master cOod-natured,
and above all makes everybody hap
Ply and cheerful.
Miscellaneous Farm;ur w.